The U.S. Department of State recently joined the United Nations in suggesting that Japan should restrict certain types of manga and anime, condemning what it calls “unfettered availability of sexually explicit cartoons, comics, and video games, some of which depicted…
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Introducing the First Humble Manga Bundle!
Humble and Kodansha Comics team up for a pay-what-you-want bundle of $177 of digital manga! While manga has appeared in previous book bundles, Kodansha Comics’ new sci-fi and fantasy-themed manga bundle is Humble Bundle’s first entirely manga bundle, bringing series like…
May the Fourth Be With You in the CBLDF Rewards Zone!
Today, we celebrate our favorite space opera and yours — Star Wars — with some amazing signed goodies in the CBLDF Rewards Zone! The force is strong with this assortment of signed and personalized books from Jeffrey Brown, Terry Dodson,…
ATENA FREE!
Fantastic news from Iran today: after nearly 18 months in prison for drawing a cartoon, Atena Farghadani has been released! Farghadani’s sentence had recently been reduced on appeal from the original 12 years and 9 months, but even her lawyer…
VICTORY in Kentucky: Looking for Alaska Stays in Curriculum
In a victory for the freedom to read, a school district review committee in Marion County, Kentucky voted last night to keep John Green’s Looking for Alaska in the high school curriculum. The book had been challenged by a parent…
Turkish Journalists Sentenced to Two Years for Reprinting Charlie Hebdo Cover
Two Turkish journalists were sentenced to two years in prison last week for republishing the post-attack Charlie Hebdo cover that depicted the Prophet Mohammed. Hikmet Cetinkaya and Ceyda Karan, both columnists for the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, are appealing their…
3,500 People Support Nation-Wide Reading of I Am Jazz
In an attempt to educate and defend against discrimination of transgendered people, this past week educators, parents, and youth advocates held over 50 separate nation-wide public readings of the children’s book I Am Jazz, a book that is no stranger…
The Guardian Recommends the Perfect Starter GNs for YA Readers!
Interested in finding the best starter graphic novels for teen readers? The Guardian has compiled a list — including several award-winning titles that have been challenged or banned — on their Children’ Books Discussions blog to help everyone from reluctant readers to curious…
Comic Created in WWII Safehouse Finally Published Decades Later
While hiding in a Dutch attic for more than two years during World War II, Emmanuel Joels passed the time creating a comic week by week and sending it to his girlfriend Hetty van Son, also hiding just a few…
Egyptian Parliament Outraged by Puppet’s Insults
Shortly after Egypt’s judiciary allowed the satirical puppet Abla Fahita to be charged with “violating public morality,” she has now drawn the ire of Parliament as well by referring to its members as “impaired.” Some lawmakers are pressing for her…